This document provides instructions for an assignment to assess the educational needs of a nursing workplace. Students are asked to: 1) Describe the type of institution, nursing services provided, activity volume, and staffing levels; 2) Summarize the results of an educational needs assessment involving a small sample, data collection through interviews/questionnaires, and data analysis; 3) Identify the highest priority educational need and forces for/against addressing needs due to budget, staff support, and management support; 4) Recommend next steps within the organization to respond to the priority need.

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Conduct an educational needs assessment and analysis of your
place of employment.
Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper describing the results of
your assessment.
Include the following information in your assessment:
Type of institution
Type of nursing care or service provided
Volume of activity of the institution
Levels of nursing care staff employed
A summary of the results of the educational needs assessment
and analysis, obtained by completing the following steps:
Select a small sample from your representative group.

2. Collect data through interviews, questionnaires, checklists, a
review of the institution’s documents, or direct observation.
Analyze the data.
Identification of the highest priority educational need
Identification of institutional forces in favor of and those
against responding to educational needs, such as budgetary and
staff constraints, staff receptiveness and buy in, and support
from management
Identification, based upon the existing structure of the
organization, of the next step within the institution to respond
to the educational needs identified as highest priority
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.